EP1589802A1 - Method for treating seeds, and seeds obtainable with the method - Google Patents
Method for treating seeds, and seeds obtainable with the methodInfo
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- EP1589802A1 EP1589802A1 EP04706390A EP04706390A EP1589802A1 EP 1589802 A1 EP1589802 A1 EP 1589802A1 EP 04706390 A EP04706390 A EP 04706390A EP 04706390 A EP04706390 A EP 04706390A EP 1589802 A1 EP1589802 A1 EP 1589802A1
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS
- A23B9/00—Preservation of edible seeds, e.g. cereals
- A23B9/005—Processes or apparatus using pressure variation or mechanical force, e.g. shock, acceleration, shear stress, contortion
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
- A01C1/08—Immunising seed
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- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS
- A23B9/00—Preservation of edible seeds, e.g. cereals
- A23B9/02—Preserving by heating
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for treating seeds, and seeds obtainable with the method.
- seeds are subjected to a sterilization treatment in order to kill the pathogens present on the seeds so that the transmission of pathogens to the crop to grow from the seeds is avoided and harm to the seeds themselves is prevented.
- a sterilization treatment also increases the storage life of seeds. This applies to both seeds for sowing and seeds which are, possibly after germination, suitable for consumption or industrial processing. For seeds intended for reproduction or for consumption or industrial processing after the start of the germination process, it is logically of vital importance that the germination capacity, or the enzyme activity, is preserved.
- Seeds suitable for direct consumption are usually treated under such conditions that all germination capacity, if present at all, is completely lost.
- Seeds whose germination capacity needs to be preserved are nowadays treated with chemicals by, means of which the number of pathogens on the surface of the seeds is reduced, while the germination capacity can indeed be preserved.
- chemicals particularly for biological cultivation, and for seeds which are consumed or processed when germinated, the use of such chemicals is highly undesired, while the norms regarding chemical additions for traditional seed production are becoming increasingly stringent.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method for treating seeds, in which the seeds are sterilized without chemicals needing to be used, and in which at least a considerable extent of the germination capacity of the seeds is preserved or even increases.
- the invention thus relates to a method for treating seeds, comprising the following steps:
- step (b) a cooling step in which the sterilized seeds obtained in step (a) are cooled, wherein the temperature of the surface of the seeds is lowered, within 30 seconds at most, to 50°C at most, and the conditions of steps (a) and (b) are set such that the germination capacity of the seeds is relatively preserved or increases.
- the seeds obtained with the method according to the invention exhibit a long storage life, while the germination capacity is at least to a considerable extent preserved or even increases. Very surprisingly, it has been observed that the seeds treated with the method according to the invention often have a better germination capacity than untreated seeds.
- a "relative preservation of germination capacity” is understood to mean that the germination capacity as such is usually preserved, but that, in certain cases, the germination capacity can decrease by 25% at most, that is, a minimum preservation of 75% of the germination capacity such as it is present before the treatment.
- the condensing medium condenses on the surface of cold seed in step (a), the surface being very rapidly and uniformly heated, after which, before the heat can penetrate the seed, in step (b), the formed condensate rapidly evaporates so that the surface of the seed is cooled.
- the condensing medium may, for instance, consist of steam, but other media having a condensation temperature of 80-200°C are also suitable.
- step (a) the parameters to be selected for step (a), such as time, pressure and temperature, depend on the size of the seeds, the type of seed and the properties of the condensing medium. For instance, a certain type of seed having larger dimensions may usually be exposed to a steam treatment longer, while preserving germination capacity, than a type of seed having smaller dimensions.
- Step (a) is carried out for 0.1-60 seconds, preferably for 0.1-5 seconds, and still more preferably for 0.5-1.5 seconds.
- the surface of the seeds will reach a temperature of 200°C at most, before the seed parts are subjected to step (b).
- the surface of the seeds reaches a temperature of 80-150°C.
- Step (a) is preferably carried out at a pressure of 0.5-20 bar absolute, still more preferably a pressure of 1-5 bar absolute.
- the seeds are cooled by means of a vacuum treatment or another manner in which rapid evaporation occurs.
- Step (b) is carried out such that, within 30 seconds, the temperature of the surface of the seeds is lowered to 50°C at most.
- step (b) is carried out such that, within 10 seconds, the temperature of the surface of the seeds is lowered to 30°C at most.
- step (b) is carried out for 0.5-30 seconds, more preferably for 0.5-5 seconds, and still more preferably for 0.5-1 seconds.
- step (a) preferably, steam is used as the condensing medium.
- the condensing medium may optionally be superheated.
- the initial temperature of the seeds is preferably -30-30°C, more preferably 0-30°C and still more preferably 10-25°C.
- the initial temperature of the seeds is understood to mean the temperature of the seeds just before or at the moment when they are subjected to the sterilization step.
- the method according to the invention is carried out such that the temperature of the germinating part of the seeds does not greatly exceed the initial temperature of the seeds.
- the initial temperature of the germinating part of the seeds is essentially preserved.
- a small increase of the initial temperature will not directly have a great adverse influence on the germination capacity of the seeds, and sometimes even a positive influence, it will be clear that the germination capacity of the seeds will increasingly be harmed according as the temperature of the germinating part of the seeds more greatly exceeds the initial temperature during the treatment.
- the harm to the germination capacity depends on the maximum temperatures reached by the germinating parts of the seeds and the time during which these temperatures occur. This will differ per type of seed.
- seeds can be treated which are suitable for consumption or industrial processing.
- the seeds to be treated with the method according to the invention are those plant parts which can be used for reproduction and can be chosen from the group of seed kernels, bulbs, tubers, cuttings and rhizomes, but are not limited to this group.
- the invention further relates to seeds which can be obtained by means of the method according to the invention.
- Figs. 1 and 2 show the results of the number of colonies that could be counted on the Petri dishes and the maximum number of seeds that germinated after each treatment. Fig.
- Fig. 1 clearly shows that the number of microorganisms on the seeds decreased when the seeds were treated with the method according to the invention
- Fig. 2 clearly shows that the treatment according to the invention had a positive influence on the germination capacity of the seeds when the treatment took place for a relatively short time.
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NL1022549A NL1022549C2 (en) | 2003-01-31 | 2003-01-31 | Method for treating seeds, and seeds that can be obtained with the method. |
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PCT/NL2004/000066 WO2004066710A1 (en) | 2003-01-31 | 2004-01-29 | Method for treating seeds, and seeds obtainable with the method |
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EP1589802A1 true EP1589802A1 (en) | 2005-11-02 |
EP1589802B1 EP1589802B1 (en) | 2014-07-16 |
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US (1) | US7748163B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1589802B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN100376130C (en) |
NL (1) | NL1022549C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2004066710A1 (en) |
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